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Final Frank Plea Not Opposed For Commutation
Atlanta hearing on Leo M. Frank’s bid to switch his sentence from death to life imprisonment ended with the commission taking the case under advisement. The standout feature was Judge L S Roan’s letter advocating life for Frank, written before his death, and read to the commission via copies as Frank’s fate hangs on the commission’s recommendation.
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New York Times
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
State Prison Commission
Frank
W. M. Howard
Howard
Davison
L. S. Roan
Mary Phagan
Mr. Howard
Berkshire Hills Sanitarium
North Adams
Roan
Rosser & Branden
Joer
Conley
Mr. Frank
Georgia Avenue
Idalton
Georgia
Decatur Street
Eing
R. E. Davison
T. E. Patterson
E. L. Rainey
Rudolph Frank
Brooklyn
M. Delaney Fisher
Chicago
William M. Howard
Augusta
Hugh M. Dorsey
Oulaet
Hiss
L.S. Roan
State Supreme Court
Ft Daley
Lewis M. Gaines
James N. Brawner
J. Cheston King
Br. A. W. A. Gardner
Albert S. Osborn
New York
Irank
M. Ashby Jones
First Baptist Church of
H. M. McIntosh
Albany
Go) Herald
A. L. Miller
Macon
Alexander C. King
Jack J. Spalding
Spalding
Andrew J. Cobb
Athens
Joseph R. Cumming
John D. Meil
Spencer R. Atkinson
Robert ©. Alston
Reuben R.arnold
Hollins N. Randolph
Arookl
Alex Brin
Boston
Leon Frank
Stat
Cornell
Iis
Massachusetts
W F. Dorsey
Athena
Clark County
Louise A Lane
Mildred Rutherford
Miss Rutherford
Jude
T. R. Pottle
State Court of Appeals
Justice Roan
Jessup
John E. White
Second Baptist Cnurch
F Wilmer
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Richard Orme Flirth